Blueprint

With an LRV of about 20, Blueprint absorbs most of the light that reaches it. It makes a wall recede and a room feel smaller, and it needs good light to show its color. Behr does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Blueprint in other brands

• Arctis 100 Caparol 3D Arctis 100 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.4
• TVT Q471 Tikkurila Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.6
• Granite Falls Johnstone's Grayish Blue Close ΔE 2.0
• Sky Space Valspar 5001-6B Grayish Blue Close ΔE 2.3
• M0181R Crown Grayish Blue Close ΔE 2.3
• Balor Jotun 5269 Grayish Blue Close ΔE 2.4

Lighter and darker in Behr

• Shaker Blue Behr QE-54 Grayish Blue
• Hampton Surf Behr MQ5-26 Grayish Blue

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as grayish blue
• Protanopia Reads as grayish blue
• Tritanopia Reads as teal
• Achromatopsia Reads as gray

Under different light

• Warm bulb, 2700 K Turns grayish green
• Neutral, 4000 K Close to listed
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Blueprint warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -10.8 and a value of -8.3 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Caparol color to Blueprint?

Arctis 100 (3D Arctis 100), at ΔE 0.4. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Blueprint?

≈ 20. Behr does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.